The evaluation, called a total body skin exam, is a full visual assessment of the entirety of a patient's skin surfaces for cancers. The standard practice at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is to ...

The accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis varied by lesion type, physician specialty and experience, and examination method, with the greatest accuracy observed for dermatologists using dermoscopy, ...

Blumberg is a contributor for TIME. Blumberg is a contributor for TIME. Your skin is your largest organ, but it doesn’t get the attention it deserves—especially when it comes to skin checks for cancer ...

Full-body skin cancer exams are essential for catching the disease, but a study finds that those tests may not always happen for a number of reasons. The study, published Monday in the journal ...

Skin cancer on Black skin can be harder to detect because many lesions are black or brown. Many dermatologists also lack familiarity with Black skin, which can delay diagnosis. People of all skin ...